Share: do you often rest your face on your hands?

Hey VivaBellas, are you daydreaming on your desk or your bed? Or maybe taking time to plan ahead for 2011? Well, if you are, let’s do a quick check: do you have any of your hands rested on your chin, on one side of your face or maybe both sides while doing so? Or maybe you’re so comfortable that you’re about to fall asleep on one of your hands even?

Well, if you’ve got this habit of resting your face on your hands or should I say propping your face with your hands, then one advice I have for you moving on to 2011 is, kick this habit in the new year. Why? Well, whatever you’re doing is causing that part of your face to be inevitably pressed and in the long run, may affect the face shape or worst, cause wrinkles to form or lines to deepen.

And I said MAY only because I’m speaking from my own experience. Like the first top left picture, I had this habit of resting my left hand on my left cheek while thinking in the past and guess what. I noticed that I have some fine lines near the nasolabial groove on that side of the face. There could be other factors contributing to those lines but I’m pretty sure my hand had a part in it.

I’ve eliminated a lot of possible blemish-instigators: tartar-fighting toothpaste, dairy, changed my makeup remover, experimented with stopping vitamins B6 & B12 (no difference). Changed my foundation, moisturizers and cleanser – many times – scrubs and masks, the entire routine. And I continue to break out. Do I have stress in my life? – sure, all the big & little things any wife, daughter & mother would have! I do have small pores that are easily clogged. And the humidity here plays a role, too. sigh.

Second what Fernleafify says… sigh. Your sleeping post made me realise why I always had a more “sculpted” right cheekbone than the left. Because I ALWAYS sleep on my left, so it looks flatter (i.e. the hollow to contour the cheekbones is more prominent on the left side).

I know that it is an extremely horrible habit and I was gonna do a post on it….but did not know about blemishes part….knew that it can cause lines n sagging of the skin asymmetrically though…and yeah breakouts due to oil and dirt transfer from the fingers….

It’s not a good habit. It causes not just skin problems, but can cause teeth enamel damage. I had to stop resting my head on my hand/knee (I have weird sitting positions) because whenever I rested my chin, the lower jaw would harshly touch the upper jaw and would grind my teeth. It’s not something you might notice quickly, but it’s still a concern. Especially if you have weak enamel.

I have weak enamel, and had this bad habit for a very very long time. The result is that although I’m finishing my last year of teens, I already have teeth that are similar to that of a 40-50 year old due to wear.

Ah yes I had this bad habit and end up napping with half of my face on my hand. When I woke up, not only was has of my face red, but my wrist aches so badly! I threw away this bad habit once and for good after that experience 😛

I’m now taking an all-in-one supplement that has probiotics so I can do away with this. But if you are looking for one suitable one to take, this might work for you if it’s available at where you live. I found probiotics to be my savior for my acne issue.

Yeah, I know it’s a bad habit and I have to kick it but it seems as though my hand has been permanently glued to my face. Since I’ve officially called 2011 “my year of personal change” I will try to stop this. I don’t want premature wrinkles. I want my wrinkles when I’m old and adorable 😛 hehehe

I do this from time to time, but since I have extremely sweaty palms, I notice almost immediately. I normally just shift my hand to a limp wrist and support my face from underneath the jaw. I can’t imagine what wrinkles that would cause or the fact that the support would be unwelcome in that area. It’s slightly uncomfortable, though. Alas!

I’m so upset about my face being flatter on one side I feel it makes me look deformed. If I stop propping my face up on my hand will my face every change back? I’m so self-conscious about it now. People even have asked me about it eerrr… help please lol…

So what do we do if our face is showing signs of deformation. Such. As lines or creases in the face. How.Do.We.get rid.of.it.now.suggest a.cream. I sometimes use preparation h. Which. Shrinks the skin a bit.